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LYX !!!LYX NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT FILES SEE ALSO BUGS/LIMITATIONS AUTHORS ---- !!NAME lyx - A Document Processor !!SYNOPSIS __lyx__ [[ ''command-line switches''] [[''name.lyx ...'' ] !!DESCRIPTION __LyX__ is too complex to be described completely in the __LyX__ under the Help menu. __LyX__ is a modern approach of writing documents with a computer which breaks with the tradition of the obsolete typewriter concept. It is designed for people who want a professional output with a minimum of time effort, without becoming specialists in typesetting. Compared to common word processors, __LyX__ will increase the productivity a lot, since most of the typesetting will be done by the computer, not the author. With __LyX__ the author can concentrate on the contents of his writing, since the computer will take care of the look. Read more about this concept in the online documentation under the Help menu. Currently, __LyX__ uses the XForms library as a toolkit. __LyX__ should run everywhere, where XForms runs. This is on all major Unix platforms as well as some PC platforms, including Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux, i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD, !DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or PMX and others. !!OPTIONS __LyX__ supports the following command-line switches, which can also be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with class name __LyX__: __-help__ summarizes LyX usage __-sysdir__ ''directory'' sets system directory. Normally not needed. __-userdir__ ''directory'' sets user directory. Needed if you want to use LyX with different lyxrc settings. __-geometry__ ''WxH+X+Y'' specifies the preferred size and position of the main __LyX__ window; see ''X(1)''. __-dbg__ ''feature[[,feature...]'' where feature is a name or number. Use lyx -dbg__ __ __-x [[--execute]__ ''command'' where command is a lyx command. __-e [[--export]__ ''fmt'' where fmt is the export format of choice. __-i [[--import]__ ''fmt file.xxx'' where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the file to be imported. Furthermore, __LyX__ understands the following generic command line options from the __Forms Library__: __-display__ ''host:display'' specifies the server to connect to. __-bw__ ''borderwidth'' specifies the border width to use to built-in objects. __-visual__ ''visualName'' requests a visual by name such as !TrueColor etc. By default the __Forms Library__ always selects the visual that has the most depth. __-depth__ ''depth'' requests a specific depth. Try -depth__ best__-depth__ 8 __ __-debug__ ''level'' generates some info about the state of the __XForms.__ where ''level'' is an integer between 1-5 and controls the amount of information to output. Depending on the options used when the __Forms Library__ was built, a level more than 3 might not be available. __-sync__ runs the application in synchronous mode with debug level set to 4. __-private__ requests a private colormap for the application. __-shared__ requests a shared colormap even if the application needs more colors than available. For those colors that can't be allocated in the shared colormap, substitutions are made so the closest matching color is used. __-stdcmap__ requests a standard colormap. __-name newname__ specifies the application name under which resources are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name. !!ENVIRONMENT __LYX_DIR_11x__ can be used to specify which system directory to use. The system directory is determined by searching for the file 1) -sysdir command line parameter 2) LYX_DIR_11x environment variable 3) Maybe 4) 5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%XFree86libX11lyx on OS/2 with XFree) __LYX_USERDIR_11x__ can be used to specify which user directory to use. The user directory is, in order of precedence: 1) -userdir command line parameter 2) LYX_USERDIR_11x environment variable 3) $HOME/. __LYX_LOCALEDIR__ can be used to tell LyX where to look for the translations of its GUI strings in other languages. !!FILES ~/.lyx/lyxrc Personal configuration file ''LIBDIR''/lyxrc System wide configuration file ''LIBDIR''/lyxrc.example System wide configuration file template ''LIBDIR''/configure Updates __LyX__ if config has changed ''LIBDIR''/bind/ Keybindings ''LIBDIR''/clipart/ Clipart pictures ''LIBDIR''/doc/ Documentation in __LyX__ format. ''LIBDIR''/examples/ Example documents ''LIBDIR''/images/ Images used as icons or in popups ''LIBDIR''/kbd/ Keyboard mappings ''LIBDIR''/layouts/ Layout descriptions ''LIBDIR''/templates/ Templates for documents ''LIBDIR''/tex/ Extra TeX files ''LIBDIR'' is the system directory. This is usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%XFree86libX11lyx on OS/2 with XFree. !!SEE ALSO reLyX(1), latex(1), xforms(5). Full documentation in either native __LyX__ or postscript format. !!BUGS/LIMITATIONS There are probably still some bugs in __LyX__. Please report them to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org with detailed info, including which version of __LyX__ you use. Consult the __ __LaTeX__ import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx files. Consult the __reLyX__ documentation. XFree on OS/2 currently does not support PC codepages. If you use __emTeX__ to preview/print with cp850, etc., this might lead to strange __emTeX__ error messages. __Remedy:__ 1) In filenames use only A-Z, a-z, 1-9. 2) Install a recent __LaTeX__ package inputenc.sty. Select Layout- __reLyX__ adds the __LaTeX__ command 'usepackage[[latin1]{inputenc}'. __LyX__ server has some limitations under OS/2: See Help-__ Preview of inline images in rare cases does not show the image. If you want to preview the image, just click on it and choose fullscreen preview. If you have performance problems, please go through the __lyxrc__ configuration file. It contains settings that can be used to improve performance on slow systems. !!AUTHORS Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Matthias Ettrich (ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) and the rest of the __LyX Team__ (See Credits under the Help menu item). ----
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